June 13, 2019

Memorial service for ambush incident at JSA, Korea

By Don Wong, Post 38 historian
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Memorial service for ambush incident at JSA, Korea
Memorial service for ambush incident at JSA, Korea

Col. Lewis L. Millett Post 38 Legionnaires attend memorial service for four soldiers killed in 1968 ambush.

In mid-April, Col. Lewis L. Millett Post 38 Legionnaires Chris Vaia, Bill Beatty and Steve Tharp attended a memorial service at Joint Security Area (JSA) for four soldiers who were killed during an ambush on April 14, 1968, by North Korean soldiers. Two American soldiers and two South Korean soldiers of the United Nations Command (UNC) were killed. The North Korean soldiers ambushed a UNC truck transporting UNC relief guards to the JSA.

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